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Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor.
Smith worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones. Smith and Jones founded Talkback, which grew to be one of the UK's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.
Smith's father, Kenneth, was born in Tow Law, County Durham, and worked at a coal mine during the Second World War looking after the pit ponies. After the war he moved to London, and married Smith's mother, whose parents owned a greengrocer's store in Chiswick, London. When the government legalised high street betting, he turned the shop into the first betting shop in Chiswick.
Smith was born and brought up in Chiswick. He was educated at Hogarth Primary School, Chiswick and at Latymer Upper School, an independent school in Hammersmith. He went on to study experimental psychology at New College, Oxford.
Griff Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner Mel Smith.
Rhys Jones came to national attention in the early 1980s for his work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones alongside Mel Smith. With Smith, he founded television production company Talkback Productions, now part of RTL Group and later in 2005, he started the production company Modern Television.
He went on to develop a career as a television presenter and writer, as well as continuing with acting work. He currently presents the television bloopers show It'll Be Alright on the Night for ITV, replacing Denis Norden in 2008.
Rhys Jones has fronted a number of documentary series for both the BBC and ITV including Mountain in 2007, Greatest Cities of the World between 2008 and 2010 and A Great Welsh Adventure in 2014.
Rhys Jones was born in Cardiff, the son of Gwynneth Margaret (née Jones) and Elwyn, a doctor. The family moved because of his father's occupation to West Sussex when he was 6 months old. He attended Conifers Primary School in Midhurst, West Sussex, junior school in Epping, Essex, and Brentwood School, also in Essex. While the family was resident in Essex, his father had a boat in West Mersea on Mersea Island, which they would sail around the coast of Suffolk and into The Broads.
Rhys Jones may refer to:
Smith and Jones may refer to:
It also may refer to the following television programs:
In fiction, the use of Smith and Jones as a pair of characters is sometimes used to convey a sense of intentional anonymity, as in the cases:
Comedian Mel Smith has died of a heart attack aged 60, his agent said today. The comic, known for Alas Smith and Jones and Not the Nine O'Clock News, was at his home in London when he died on Friday, his agent Michael Foster said. Aside from his film and TV successes, in 1987 Mel Smith recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief. It reached number three in the UK charts. Courtesy YouTube/BBC/PA
Griff talks to Lorraine about his former comedy partner and his new show The Quizeum. Join Lorraine every weekday on ITV at 8.30am Like, follow and subscribe to Lorraine! Website: http://bit.ly/1E6BlKW YouTube: http://bit.ly/18cHdtx Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1E6Bhep Twitter: http://bit.ly/1wvn4dp http://www.itv.com http://www.stv.tv http://www.u.tv
Classic sketch from the UK comedy show starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. Begins with a head to head discussion of the Beatles and the 60's followed by a rare sketch about the Beatles.
From The Last Resort, talking about his first movie, The Tall Guy (which was called Camden Town Boy at this time)
RIP Mel Smith (3 December 1952 -- 19 July 2013) Compilation of some of my fav sketches (part one of two). Picture qualty: 5/10, Comedy quality: 10/10 Part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UcpaSxcewA 00:00 Intro (bondage) 02:29 Driving 02:53 Police Press Conference 07:01 News at Nine 09:04 Tattoo Parlor 09:39 Song of a Tit 14:04 Lifeboat 14:52 Arthur Penis 17:42 Praying Mantis Wedding 20:15 Police 20:32 Sumo - This is Your Life 21:11 New Stereo System 25:40 In Court - Drugs 26:09 Bomb Disposal Team 31:30 Wine Tasting 32:01 Guest Speaker NO copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to their respective owners. This video is for entertainment purposes only. If you want this taken down please just ask me. Regret can no longer reply to comments as I REFUSE TO JOIN GOOGLE+ !...
"Not the Nine O'Clock News". The late great Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones. or Dai fat Belly Gutbucket V Tommy Even Fatter Belly Belcher
Retroville - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Retroville/168472869835186 - presents cult classic 'Pretty Plaid Skirt (and Long Black Sox)' by Mel Smith and The Nite Riders set to images of the vintage images of Joan Collins
Comedian Mel Smith has died of a heart attack aged 60, his agent said today. The comic, known for Alas Smith and Jones and Not the Nine O'Clock News, was at his home in London when he died on Friday, his agent Michael Foster said. Aside from his film and TV successes, in 1987 Mel Smith recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief. It reached number three in the UK charts. Courtesy YouTube/BBC/PA
Griff talks to Lorraine about his former comedy partner and his new show The Quizeum. Join Lorraine every weekday on ITV at 8.30am Like, follow and subscribe to Lorraine! Website: http://bit.ly/1E6BlKW YouTube: http://bit.ly/18cHdtx Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1E6Bhep Twitter: http://bit.ly/1wvn4dp http://www.itv.com http://www.stv.tv http://www.u.tv
Classic sketch from the UK comedy show starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. Begins with a head to head discussion of the Beatles and the 60's followed by a rare sketch about the Beatles.
From The Last Resort, talking about his first movie, The Tall Guy (which was called Camden Town Boy at this time)
RIP Mel Smith (3 December 1952 -- 19 July 2013) Compilation of some of my fav sketches (part one of two). Picture qualty: 5/10, Comedy quality: 10/10 Part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UcpaSxcewA 00:00 Intro (bondage) 02:29 Driving 02:53 Police Press Conference 07:01 News at Nine 09:04 Tattoo Parlor 09:39 Song of a Tit 14:04 Lifeboat 14:52 Arthur Penis 17:42 Praying Mantis Wedding 20:15 Police 20:32 Sumo - This is Your Life 21:11 New Stereo System 25:40 In Court - Drugs 26:09 Bomb Disposal Team 31:30 Wine Tasting 32:01 Guest Speaker NO copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to their respective owners. This video is for entertainment purposes only. If you want this taken down please just ask me. Regret can no longer reply to comments as I REFUSE TO JOIN GOOGLE+ !...
"Not the Nine O'Clock News". The late great Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones. or Dai fat Belly Gutbucket V Tommy Even Fatter Belly Belcher
Retroville - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Retroville/168472869835186 - presents cult classic 'Pretty Plaid Skirt (and Long Black Sox)' by Mel Smith and The Nite Riders set to images of the vintage images of Joan Collins
Christmas 1997, I think. The late Mel Smith, and Alan Lamb. "Is it Virginia Wade?"
This is the VOL-1 of '' Not the Nine O'Clock News '' . Featuring Rowan Atkinson ; Mel Smith ; Griff Rhys Jones ; Pamela Stephenson ; Chris Langham . Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. LIKE ; COMMENT ; AND SUBSCRIBE NOW...
The story begins when three aliens get a bit hacked off at their 'friend' Bernard, who keeps making a prat of himself playing space ball. It is while he is playing space ball that the others start playing around with the space ship controls. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by... Director: Mike Hodges Writers: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith Stars: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Joanne Pearce
Bean 1997 , It was http://bit.ly/29MuC6F directed by Mel Smith, with whom Atkinson had previously worked on Not the Nine O'Clock News. The film re-used many of the ideas from the original television series, although it was set mainly in California.